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Definition of bottom line noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bottom line

noun
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[singular]
 
1 the bottom line the most important thing that you have to consider or accept; the essential point in a discussion, etcThe bottom line is that we have to make a decision today.2 (business) the amount of money that is a profit or a loss after everything has been calculatedThe bottom line for 2008 was a pre-tax profit of £85 million.Sales last month failed to add to the company's bottom line.3 the lowest price that somebody will acceptTwo thousand—and that's my bottom line!